Ask an Author
Ask an AuthorAdvice column on the business and craft of advancing your fiction career. Written by a full-time novelist.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 105 | Subscribers | Read | askanauthor.substack.com |
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When You've "Made It"
This will be my last post for Ask an Author. Thanks y’all for sticking with me. It’s been a good year of columns, and I’ve really felt good doing it. I hope you all have gotten some insights out of it!
Writing, Failure, and Time
Time for the last two articles of this column. Warning: lots of meanderings ahead about writing and “success,” ones that I hope will, on the whole, be encouraging and helpful.
Should I Use a Pen Name?
I’ve been experiencing some more pandemic-related schedule slippage, but I know I owe y’all three more columns, and the final two are ones I prepared a while ago. So those will come out this week, and thanks for sticking with me this past y...
Short Answers: Taxes on Self-Publishing, Holiday Gifts, an Ask An Author Book?
As the column draws to a close I’m gathering some last smaller questions into a last question-and-answer column. Most of these I’ve answered through email already, because they were quick and didn’t make a full newsletter, but I’ve been boo...
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